 | Laura Valentine - 1869 - 638 страница
...these events so vividly present : — " To all you ladies now on land We men at sea indite ; But fir;r would have you understand How hard it is to write...and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you. " For though the Muses should prove kind, And fill our empty brain ; Yet if rough Neptune rouse the... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 страница
...in which ( )pdam, the Dutch Admiral, was blown up with all his crew, he wrote the following piece.] -T"O all you ladies now at land, •*- We men at sea...Neptune too, We must implore to write to you. With a fa la, la, la, la. For though the Muses should prove kind, And fill our empty brain ; Yet if rough... | |
 | Henry Benjamin Wheatley - 1870 - 454 страница
...famous " Song written at sea, in the first Dutch war, the night before an engagement," beginning — " To all you ladies now at land We men at sea indite...and Neptune too We must implore to write to you." He was created Earl of Middlesex in return for giving up Nell Gwynn to the King, who " Gave him an... | |
 | Mr. Crown (John) - 1874 - 476 страница
...celebrated song commencing: — " To all ye ladies now at land We men at sea indite, But first wou'd have you understand How hard it is to write. The Muses...Neptune too, We must implore to write to you, With a Fa, la, la, la, la ! " &c. It has been questioned, on the authority of the Earl of Orrery, whether... | |
 | 1873 - 640 страница
...afterwards Earl of Dorset, wrote, in 1665, the wellknown ballad, commencing : To all you ladies now on land, We men at sea indite, But first would have you understand, How hard it is to write. With a fal. lal, la, and a fal, lal, li. And a fal, lal, lal, lal, 14. Fal signifies a circle, and... | |
 | William Hugh Logan - 1874 - 484 страница
...celebrated song commencing: — " To all ye ladies now at land We men at sea indite, But first wou'd have you understand How hard it is to write. The Muses...Neptune too, We must implore to write to you, With a Fa, la, la, la, la ! " &c. It has been questioned, on the authority of the Earl of Orrery, whether... | |
 | Mr. Crown (John) - 1874 - 476 страница
...^n. T i at sea indite. But first H .Mi'il have you understand How hard it is to write. The Mi.-,-, now, and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you, With a Fa, la, la, la, la ! " to. It has been questioned, on the authority of the Earl of Orrery, whether... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 страница
...Written at sen, by the late F,ar! of Dorset, in the First Dutch» War.' (Lintot's Miscellany, 1712.) fa la, la, la, la. For though the Muses should prove kind, And fill our empty brain ; Yet if rough... | |
 | Alexander Mackenzie - 1876 - 384 страница
...afterwards Earl of Dorset, wrote, in 1665, the well-known ballad, commencing : — To all you ladies now on land, We men at sea indite, But first would have you understand How hard it is to write. With afal, lal, la, and afal lal, la, And afal, lal, loi, lal, là. Fal is an abbreviation of Failte... | |
 | 1876 - 414 страница
...aftetwards Earl of Dorset, wrote, in 1665, the well-known ballad, commencing: — To all you ladies now on land, We men at sea indite, But first would have you understand How hard it is to w,ite. With afal, lal, Id, and afal lal, Id, And afal, lal, lal, lal, Id. Fal is an abbreviation of... | |
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TO all you ladies now at land We men at sea indite ; But first would have you understand How hard it is to write : The Muses now, and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you — With a fa, la, la, la, la. 
